Word: scopes
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...fundraising during the University's last capital campaign, in the 1990s. Faust first hired Rogers in 2001, at the start of Faust's tenure as Radcliffe dean. Faust said in Friday's announcement that Rogers was a "key member" of her leadership team at Radcliffe, helping "to define the scope of the new institute and build support for its mission among Radcliffe alumnae and new supporters...
SATELLITE From 22,000 miles above the equator, satellites scope the location, size and intensity of new storms, but the NHC head says some outdated satellites could fail soon, hurting forecasts...
...United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) matching list, waiting for a donor--and 18 a day will die waiting. The recent hoax in the Netherlands, in which reality-show contestants pretended to compete for an organ from a dying woman, was an effort to draw attention to the global scope of the problem. Dave Undis thinks he has a better solution...
...Specter wrote Fine on June 5 to ask whether the Goodling conversation was, in fact, part of the Inspector General's investigation. Fine, together with the head of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility, responded in a letter Wednesday, which dryly said, "This is to confirm that the scope of our investigation does include this matter...
...find enough quality to keep the pages turning. The wealth of quirky factoids also helps: Bhutan, for instance, has a "Gross National Happiness" indicator, and did you know that a German minority (numbering 15,000 souls) can be found in Kyrgyzstan? Don't look for any depth here-the scope of the book means that it's impossible to devote more than a few pages to each country-but as a springboard to a continent it does the job. Expect it to spur many a nascent travel plan into action...